Smooth Criminal by Michael Jackson is featured in Michael, the eleventh episode of Season Three. It is sung by Santana and Sebastian and they are accompanied by 2CELLOS.

The performance starts off when Santana decides to visit Dalton Academy to confront Sebastian about what he did to Blaine after their "Michael Jackson Glee Club sing-off" during the song, Bad, in the parking lot.

The vocal battle takes place in a room full of chairs and Sebastian orders his fellow Warblers to leave the room while the duel takes place. Santana asks the two cello players to stay in the room with them to provide the music while they sing.

After the performance, they argue about who was better and Santana continues to question Sebastian about what he put into the slushie he threw at Blaine. She hopes to get a confession on the recorder that is taped to her under-boob. After Santana gets Sebastian to admit that he laced the slushie with rock salt, she gets slushied by him herself.

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Lyrics

Sebastian:
Uh, as he came into the window
It was the sound of a crescendo, uh!
He came into her apartment
He left the bloodstains on the carpet, uh!
She ran underneath the table
He could see she was unable
So she ran into the bedroom
She was struck down, It was her doom
Annie are you OK?

Santana:
So, Annie are you OK?

Sebastian:
Are you OK, Annie?

Santana:
Annie are you OK?

Sebastian:
So, Annie are you OK?

Santana:
Are you OK, Annie?

Sebastian:
Annie are you OK?

Santana:
So, Annie are you OK?

Sebastian:
Are you OK, Annie?

Santana:
Annie are you OK?

Sebastian:
So, Annie are you OK?

Santana and Sebastian (Sebastian):
Are you OK, Annie?
Annie are you OK?
Would you tell us that you're OK (Uh!)
There's a sign in the window
That he struck you - a crescendo Annie
He came into your apartment
He left the bloodstains on the carpet (Uh!)
And then you ran into the bedroom
You were struck down
It was your doom

Sebastian:
Annie are you OK?

Santana:
So, Annie are you OK?

Sebastian:
Are you OK Annie?

Santana:
Annie are you OK?

Sebastian:
So, Annie are you OK?

Santana:
Are you OK Annie?

Sebastian:
Annie are you OK?

Santana:
So, Annie are you OK?

Santana and Sebastian:
Are you OK Annie?

Sebastian:
You've been hit by

Santana:
You've been hit by

Santana and Sebastian:
A Smooth Criminal

Sebastian:
Uh, So they came into the outway
It was Sunday - What a black day, uh!
Mouth to mouth resuscitation
Sounding heartbeats - Intimidations
Annie are you OK?

Santana:
So, Annie are you OK?

Sebastian:
Are you OK Annie?

Santana:
Annie are you OK?

Sebastian:
So, Annie are you OK?

Santana:
Are you OK Annie?

Sebastian:
Annie are you OK?

Santana:
So, Annie are you OK?

Sebastian:
Are you OK Annie?

Santana:
Annie are you OK?

Sebastian:
So, Annie are you OK?

Santana and Sebastian:
Are you OK, Annie? Annie are you OK?
Would you tell us that you're OK
There's a sign in the window
That he struck you - a crescendo Annie
He came into your apartment
He left the bloodstains on the carpet, uh!
And Then you ran into the bedroom
You were struck down
It was your doom
Annie are you OK?
Are you OK Annie?

Sebastian:
You've been hit by

Santana:
You've been struck by

Santana and Sebastian:
A Smooth Criminal

Santana (Sebastian):
I don't know! (Annie are you OK, will you tell us, that you're OK, there's a sign in the window)
I don't know! (That he struck you - a crescendo Annie)
I don't know! (He came into your apartment)
I don't know! (Left the bloodstains on the carpet)
I don't know why baby! (Then you ran into the bedroom)
I don't know! (You were struck down)
(It was your doom)
(with Sebastian: Annie!)
(Annie are you OK?)
Dang, gone it - Baby! (Will you tell us, that you're OK)
Dang, gone it - Baby! (There's a sign in the window)
Dang, gone it - baby! (That he struck you - A crescendo Annie)
Hoo! Hoo! (He came into your apartment)
Dang, gone it! (Left bloodstains on the carpet, uh!)
Hoo! Hoo! (Then you ran into the bedroom)
Dang gone it! (You were struck down)
(It was your doom - Annie!)

Sebastian:
You've been hit by

Santana and Sebastian:
You've been struck by
A Smooth Criminal

Trivia

On May 16, 2011, Naya was part of a televised dance off for promoting "Michael Jackson Experience" (a game for Xbox's Kinect) where she danced to this song.

The set-up they had for the performance is the same set-up 2CELLOS (a Croatian cello two man band who also played the cello players featured in the episode) had for their Smooth Criminal video.

This song sold 104,000 singles digitally.

The first shots of this video were directed while Naya and Grant improvised the remaining shots.

Naya has also worked with 2CELLOS on a cover of Supermassive Black Hole.